Legal Opinion
Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 22, 2013No. Docket 33,687PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
By enacting the New Mexico Human Rights Act (NMHRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 28-1-1 to-13 (1969, as amended through 2007), the Legislature has made the policy decision to prohibit public accommodations from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation. Elane Photography, which does not contest its public accommodation status under the NMHRA, offers wedding photography services to the general public and posts its photographs on a password-protected website for its customers. In this case, Elane Photography refused to photograph a commitment ceremony between two…
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